constitution and killed hundreds of them.1 Dozens of cases of extrajudicial killings of the Madheshi youths were investigated and reported by even OHCHR in 2010.2 As a result, the Nepalese Government forced to close OHCHR offices in the Terai/Madhesh and refused to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) in 2011. With only the government’s torments and torture and no opportunities left behind, and no one to even watch, millions of youths have been forced to leave the country to work mainly as labourers in the Gulf and East Asian countries in equally distressing conditions. Today more than 4 million, mostly youths, have migrated out of Nepal. That makes one-third of total work-force of the country. Some of them have returned to Nepal in an attempt to make the condition better in their own homeland, seeking equitable rights, opportunities and justice. But the state agencies have been very brutal to them. One of the well-known cases is of Dr. C. K. Raut, a PhD from Cambridge University who worked as a scientist in the USA. He has become a youth-icon, on whom millions of people in the country have pinned their hope today. He returned to Nepal six years ago in 2011, leaving all his luxury and comforts, to work for the rights of suppressed, disadvantaged and minority people, through peaceful means following the non-violent principles of Buddha and Gandhi. But the Nepalese Government has repeatedly arrested and jailed him, just for giving lectures and speeches to indigenous peoples.3 He has been arrested for more than 15 times, jailed for several months, and has been, most of the time, placed under house-arrest.4 His books, videos and websites have been banned by the Government of Nepal.5 Thousands of his supporters have been arrested,6 hundreds of fake cases have been filed against them, and more than a hundred people have been badly injured from the government’s use of indiscriminate and excessive force on peaceful mass assemblies. No media and no local human-rights bodies are allowed to speak about them and their programmes, as they too are targeted by the government for covering any news related to them. International human rights organisations including Amnesty International,7 Human Rights Watch8 International Crisis Group, “Nepal’s Troubled Tarai Region”, Asia Report No. 136, 9 July 2007, URL: https://www.crisisgroup.org/ne/asia/south-asia/nepal/nepal-s-troubled-tarai-region; Jason Miklian, “Nepal’s Terai: Constructing an Ethnic Conflict”, PRIO Paper, 20 July 2008, URL: https://www.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=7300 2 OHCHR, “UN Report: Investigating Allegations of Extra-Judicial Killings in the Terai,” 23 September 2010, URL: http://un.info.np/Net/NeoDocs/View/1237 1 3 OHCHR, Bulletin 2015/1, pg. 9, January-June, 2015; United Nations Human Rights Council (UN-HRC), Universal Periodic Review, November 2015, URL: www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/IEMinorities/BulletinJanuary_June2015.pdf ; UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal, “Nepal Monthly Report - October 2014,” October 31, 2014, URL: http://un.info.np/Net/NeoDocs/View/4691 ; UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nepal, “Nepal Monthly Report - September 2014,” September 30, 2014. 4 Asian Human Rights Commission, “Police intrudes Dr. Raut's privacy and security keeping him under 24 hours surveillance,” AHRC- STM-105-2015, July 3, 2015, URL: http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-105-2015 5 Asian Human Rights Commission, “Police going berserk in Nepal’s Terai,” AHRC-STM-123-2015, July 29, 2015, URL: http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-123-2015 6 Asian Human Rights Commission, “NEPAL: Mass arrests on eve of SAARC summit,” November 29, 2014. URL: http://www.humanrights.asia/news/ahrc-news/AHRC-STM-201-2014 7 Amnesty International, “Nepal: Authorities must unconditionally release CK Raut with immediate effect,” 17th October 2014, Index number: ASA 31/007/2014, URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa31/007/2014/en/; Amnesty International, “Nepal: Dissenting Voices at Risk,” 5th December 2014, Index number: ASA 31/008/2014, URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa31/008/2014/en/ 8 Human Rights Watch, “Nepal: Drop Sedition Charges against Madhesi Activist: Arrest of CK Raut Violates Free Speech Rights,” 14th October 2014, URL: http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/14/nepal-drop-sedition-charges-against-madhesi-activist Page 2 of 4